KINGSTON, N.Y. — Ethan Scott Barnett, who's running for mayor on the newly formed Kingston People’s Party line, says he needs help with his campaign and will drop out of the race in mid-July if he doesn't get it.

“I can’t do this alone, so if I can’t find a team of four or five people by July 16, I am going to pull out of the race,” Barnett said in a video on his Facebook page.

“I need to secure a team of people who are dedicated to seeing this election out,” he said.

Barnett said he needs people to handle community outreach, the coordination of volunteers, video and photo matters, and financial issues, among other things.

Barnett said in the video that he is “grateful” for support he has received, but "if I can’t get organized and if I can’t get some help that is there every week, I am not going to be able to do this."

“Maybe it is not the right time for a movement like this to be happening in Kingston,” Barnett added. “Maybe it’s expected to happen latter.”

Barnett, a registered member of the Working Families Party, secured a spot on the Nov. 5 ballot by getting enough signatures on nominating petitions.

He is one of four people in the race, along with first-term incumbent Steve Noble, on the Democratic line; Ellen DiFalco, a Democrat who's running on the Republican and Independence Party lines; and Vince Rua, who is running on the SAM (formerly Serve America Movement) line after declining the Republican nomination.

Barnett said previously that he hopes to be the candidate for voters who have stayed away from elections in the past.

A Kingston resident for the past 10 years, Barnett says in his platform statement that the Kingston People’s Party "is dedicated to preserving the city’s historical integrity and intellectual rigor while prioritizing a thriving working and middle class Kingston for years to come."

Hours after announcing his candidacy in late May, Barnett accused the city Democratic Committee, which supports Noble, of opposing him because he's young, black and progressive.

“They do not want me as a 26-year-old candidate, they do not want me as a black candidate, they do not want me as someone who's touting progressive values ... someone who is challenging this blatantly racist and blatantly unapologetic machine that is not for the people of Kingston,” Barnett said in a video at the time.